inductee
"inductee" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inductee” is uncommon English (frequency #64,442 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,442
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who, or that which, is inducted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inductee · inductee · English
inductee · rank #64,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,442
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH indictable
Nearest frequency peer: indictable (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “inductee”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imago
imago
35,564 corpus weight
- incinerate
incinerate
35,562 corpus weight
- indictable
indictable
35,560 corpus weight
- inductee
inductee
35,559 corpus weight
- infante
infante
35,558 corpus weight
- Inouye
Inouye
35,556 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inductee” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inductee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inductee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inductee is uncommon English at frequency #64,442 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inductee, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From induct + -ee. The correct English form is inductee, spelled I-N-D-U-C-T-E-E.
Definition
- 1One who, or that which, is inducted.
- 2One who, or that which, is inducted.
- 3One who, or that which, is inducted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inductee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In certain families one can find several “inductees” grouped around one influential “inductor.” I have observed the case of a forever complaining old lady, living with her married daughter, who attracted and shut everybody, mother, father, and two daughters, into the closed circle of their mutual and reciprocal lamentations.
The vertices of the induced graph (called inductees) are a subset of the vertices of the original graph. The induction can be limited to common neighbors in a certain subset of vertices of the original graph, called the subset of inductors. Each inductor induces edges between the inductees.
Etymology
From induct + -ee.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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